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“Dealing With Uncertainty In The Container Shipping Market”

Assignment Requirements   Task You were asked in Assignment 3, to undertake the following a scenario planning exercise and create a PowerPoint presentation: Your boss, in Maersk, has asked you to produce some PowerPoint slides and notes for a presentation she has to give. The presentation is about “dealing with uncertainty in the container shipping market” and she has asked you to include the following: a) An impact uncertainty matrix for the industry b) A scenario cross c) A discussion of the two distinct scenarios d) An analysis and justification of what the most appropriate competitive and pricing strategy is to deal with the two chosen scenarios with practical recommendations for different elements for the business (e.g. Marketing, Finance, etc.). The weighting of the work should be 30% for (a), 15% for (b) 35% for (c) and 20% for (d). YOUR RESIT IS… Please revisit this exercise but write it up as an essay not a PowerPoint presentation. You should include the relevant

Applied Managerial Economics

Assignment Requirements   Over lunch, you and Lester meet to discuss your next assignment. "The board of directors has been working on the cost and benefits of various expansion options," he says. "We have developed the numbers for one scenario in this spreadsheet, and we want you to review it," he says handing it to you. "So you're looking for me to use present value analysis to discount the cash flows," you say. "Should I include the calculations for net income, operating cash flows, free cash flows, and the present value cash flows and net present value (NPV) in the spreadsheet?" "Yes," he says. "We want to know if the project has a positive or negative NPV. Also, in 500 words or less, explain the implications for AutoEdge and its shareholders if there is a positive NPV or, conversely, if there is a negative NPV." "This will be interesting," you say. "Good," he says. "Oh, and one more thing. In addition to considering the NPV value, we want to know what kind of economic

Stock Splits

Assignment Requirements   Dear writer, First of all, I would like to thank you for helping me. I am confident that you will be able to deliver a good quality work. To make your task easier, I’m trying to explain my needs as detailed as possible. Description op the paper: I need a research paper on an event study. In my case, the event would be stock splitting in a specific market. You can choose one of the following (US- S&P 500,) (Germany - DAX, MDAX, TDAX) or (UK FTSE 100). Another index in one of those 3 countries would also be ok. The choice is up to you, whatever results in the best paper. The paper should investigate the market reaction to stock splits. If there are significant positive abnormal returns around the announcement AND/OR the execution day of the stock splits. Other studies found that there is empirical evidence that in the stock splits are associated with positive abnormal returns around the announcement and the execution day. Since stock splits seem t

Unemployment, Employment and Economic Growth

Assignment Requirements: Dissertation Chapter - Literature Review   This is a Literature review for my dissertation only. Objectives of the Dissertation: (1) Explore the crucial factors Contributed to Unemployment and to examine the underlying reasoning of Unemployment. (2) Explore the crucial factors contributed to the increase number/rate of employment. (3) To establish the relationship between the potential Employment Growth and Economic Growth. (4) To examine the trends of Employment and establish the prospected employment trends in the near future ( Special Focus in middle eastern countries ). Instructions: - In the discussion of the objectives I want to include cultural effects. So that means one of the factors only should discuss Cultural affects. The arguments should carry deep analysis and well structured arguments. - I want to discuss a Number of factors which are crucial and are connected and linked to together so that we can achieve One conclusion at the end. For e

HIA 4

Assignment Requirements   Assignment is attached Week 4 Hand-in Assignment A consulting firm produces a service that requires the use of labor and materials. Each unit of service requires a standard labor time of 30 minutes (0.5 hours).  The average pay rate for a labor hour is £20. The consulting firm considers all materials that are required for the service as variable overheads (OH), the cost of which is directly associated with the labor hours worked. It has been estimated that variable OH rate is £10 per service hour. The budgeted and actual costs, revenue and units for the month November are given in the table below: <

Islamic Sports and Its Future Contribution to Islamic Society’s Economy

Assignment Requirements   Islamic sports and its future contribution to Islamic societies economy • Presentation Type: Paper, poster, workshop, or colloquia (see Proposal Types). • Short Description: A short summary of the main idea of your proposal. This will appear in the Conference Program and will provide the information other delegates use to choose your session to attend. Absolute limit of 30 words. • Longer Description: A concise description of the purpose, methods, and implications of your scholarly work. This will be used to evaluate and place your work in the appropriate session. Include all required components as outlined in the Proposal Guidelines. If your paper is subsequently published as an article in the journal, this will serve as the Abstract (may be revised prior to publication). Recommended length 150-200 words. • Keyword Set: Keywords are used to organize presentations into appropriate sessions, so please choose words that clearly describe the main i

Macroeconomics-Search and Unemployment

Assignment Requirements   Answer the following 3 questions using the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis database website, using the data found on this exact link (http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/JTSTSR) obtained from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis database. To help answer this question, note that separations take three forms, quits, layoffs, and retirements. The last category is much smaller than either of the other two and so can be ignored for the purposes of these questions. 1. There are alternative measures of the unemployment rate that include the “marginally attached” and “discouraged workers.” Plot these special unemployment rates relative to the standard measure of the unemployment rate, and comment on the differences that you see. 2. Plot the separation rate (total nonfarm). How does the separation rate behave during recessions? What does this tell you about the source of decreases in employment during recessions? 3. Plot employment as measured

Analysis on Macroeconomic Factors Influencing Foreign Direct Investments in Thailand

Assignment Requirements: Dissertation Chapter - Literature Review   Analysis on Macroeconomic Factors Influencing Foreign Direct Investments in Thailand ----------------------------------- To write chapter 2 - Literature review Title:Analysis on Macroeconomic Factors Influencing Foreign Direct Investments in Thailand  Background Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has become one of the significant phenomena in international businesses. In global business environment, FDIs result from profit maximization of firms, both at regional or global level, upon their further expansion of their operations to seek out new production location with more cost effective resource endowments as well as new potential markets for their products/ services. Meanwhile, South East Asian economies (such as Indonesia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam) have been well regarded as the most popular FDI recipient countries. These emerging/transitional

Economics of Sports

Assignment Requirements: Math/Physics/Economics/Statistics Problems   It's a economics of sports problem set. Please do it in details. Problem Set #3 Contests   Ec 370                                                                                                                                    Summer, 2012 Michigan State University                                                                                            L. Martin  
  1. Laverne and Shirley, two equally talented athletes, expect to compete for the county championship in the 400 meter hurdles in the up-coming season. Each plans to train hard, putting in several hours per week.   We will use the Tullock model to describe their behavior.
For each athlete winni

ECONOMICS OF SPORTS

Assignment Requirements: Math/Physics/Economics/Statistics Problems   Please do it in details. Problem Set #4 Ec 370                                                                                                                    Summer, 2012 Michigan State University                                                                            L. Martin  
  1. A recent paper by Ajit Karnik, entitled “Valuing Cricketeers Using Hedonic Price Models,” studied the results of an auction held by the Indian Premier League on February 20, 2008. The eight teams in the league bid on 75 players. The bids were wage offers, and the team with the highest bid acquired the rights to the player and also was required to pay that player a salary equal to the high bid.
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Original Budget Actual
Units of Service 1,500 1,600
Sales Revenue £120,000 £124,400
Labor hours 750